-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Curiosity may kill the reckless maverick
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:32:37 -0400
Below
Peace,
Gman
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"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:12 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Curiosity may kill the reckless maverick
> So far the problem has happened only when booting from a power off
> state. And, IIRC, only when I leave it alone to boot to the default OS
> (Vista).
>
> The idea of it being a power or data cable would have occurred to me if
> it did not appear to be an intermittent occurrence and if it did not fix
> itself after a couple of three finger salutes.
Intermittent NEVER excludes the possibility of a hardware issue, even a cord
or cable. All it takes is a nearly broken lead or a little corrosion on a
single contact to bring down a system, even intermittently. Pull each end
of the data cables and reseat them to fix the corrosion issue. Replace them
to fix a broken wire. If you're not in a position to replace, even as a
test, at least reseat them.
> If we assume it is indeed a cable or its connection, I would assume the
> change in setup is because the drive is not seen and setup automatically
> changes it settings to the other drive.
Correct.
> I will try to pay more attention to this over the next few days and note
> the circumstances on each boot where it occurs. Perhaps we will get
> some more clues. In July or August I will be ordering a new power
> supply and video card for the HP (and a new video card for the old Dell
> and some additional memory for our laptops). That will eliminate the
> power cord as a possibility. I may go ahead and order some new data
> cables as they appear to be reasonably cheap (as low as $1.99 at
> Newegg). Until then I will take notes and live with the problem.
Living with the problem would be rather reckless! lol
> Another option will be to take the 160 out of the HP and swap it with
> the 250GB in the Dell.
>
> HP has demonstrated to me that they are not happy with customers that
> want to make their computers work in anyway other than the way HP wants
> them to work. Without intending to sound paranoid, is there anything
> in the CMOS or BIOS that HP could muck with that would cause or
> contribute to problems like this?
They can tie a BIOS to a specific mobo and they can use proprietary parts to
keep out compeditor's hardware, but they can't control partitioning,
multi-booting, etc.. If you are running their version of the operating
system, they can also try to limit many software options, but I don't see
any way how that would have this effect.
> Don
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